Lay-down car-stake.



PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

L. VON DABROWSKI. LAY DOWN GAR STAKE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. 1906.

m m 1 4 4 a Wm m n u 5 m n 5 W 2 u 1 A h H a m 1 I I I |If i 7%? m H U f 3 4 8 p h 3 1g 2 E. 6 mHHF 1 3 4 J a H nhuhnnn I. 4 LI i n .4. L 1 I I]. 1 flwi 1 4 W 9 H I H, 4 M J T WW 2 1 4 WITNESSES: z. o

THE NORRIS psrzns 50., WASHINOYDN, n c.

PATENTED JULY 1'7, 1906.

L. vow DABROWSKI. LAY DOWN GAR STAKE. APPLICATION TILED APR. 6. 1906.

A --I -141 ull-=57 S-BHEET Z.

I N VEN TOR.

v WITNESSES:

THE NDRRIS PETERS ca, WASHINGTON, 114 c.

i LOTHAR VON DABROWSKI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAY-DOWN OAR-STAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1'7. 1906.

Application filed April 6, 1906. $erial No. 310.257.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, LOTHAR VON ,DABROW SKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in. Lay- Down Car-Stakes, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore the general practice has been to throw away car-stakes when unloading acarand provide new stakes when the car is reloaded with material requiring the use of stakes. This involves a considerable loss to the shipper; and it is the object of my invention to provide a stake which is permanently connected to a car and which can be arranged in position for use in the usual manner or swung into lay-down position longsid e of the car-sill and beneath the floor of the car while the car is being loaded and whenever the stake is not to be used.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, and, referring thereto, Figure 1 is a top view of a stake and pocket secured on a section of a car-sill. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged view of the pocket-holder, showing the two parts thereof separated. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail enlarged top view of the pocket and holder. Figs. 7 and 8, respectively, are front and end views of the pocket.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the I pocket-holder, which is made in two complementary sections provided with shoulders 2, which engage and prevent relative movement of the sections. The holder is secured to the side sill 3 by bolts 4, which pass through openings 4 in the holder and through the sill. The central part of the holder is oifset to provide a depression 5, Fig. 6, and it has a contracted rear opening 6, a larger-front opening 7, and an intermediate groove 8.

The pocket 9 is preferably made in one piece of cast-iron, malleable iron, or caststeel or other suitable material in any suitable way, and it is provided with a rectangular o ening 10 to receive a stake 11. This pocket may have an opening of any other character to accommodate a stake; but I have adhered in this connection to the prevailing type or pocket and stake in general use at the present time. The pocket is provided with a compound trunnion having two diameters and two heads, the larger diameter .7 to fit in the opening 7 and the smaller diameter 6 to fit 1n the opening, 6, with the larger head 8 to fit in the groove 8 and the smaller head 5 arranged in the depression 5. The two heads 8 and 5 provide for doubly securing the pocket to the holder, and the two diameters 7 and 6 of the trunnion provide a double bearing for the trunnion in the holder. The pocket and stake are locked in upright position by hooks 12, which are fastened to the sill by eyebolts 13 and are arranged to enter openings 14 in lugs 14 on the pocket. These hooks are arranged on opposite sides of the holder and securely lock the pocket and stake in upright position, as shown in Fig. 2. When the hooks are disengaged from the pocket, the stake and pocket may be swung to horizontal position, and a bracket 15 of any suitable character may be arranged on the sill to support the stake in this position beneath. the platform 16 of the car.

My invention provides for holding the stake in upright position at the proper distance from the car-platform and in la down or horizontal position alongside the sill and beneath the platfdrm, where it will not interfere with loading the car. The stake is secured in the pocket by bolts 17, and it can be used continuously until broken or worn out. The pocket has a swivel connection with the holder, and thus enables the stake to be swung to one side or the other, as may be desired, to a position alongside of the sill and beneath the platform. By providing this swivel connection of the pocket with the holder the single form of construction may be used at either end, at the middle, or at any location on the car, for it permits the stake to be swung to either side of the holder, and it can therefore be arranged in horizontal position without projecting beyond the end of the car.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a car-stake pocket, a double-headed trunnion on the pocket, a holder on the car to receive said trunnion, a stake secured in said pocket, and means for locking the pocket and stake in upright position.

2. The combination of a oar-stake pocket, a trunnion on the pocket having two heads of different sizes, a holder on the side of the car to receive the heads of said trunnion, a

stake secured in said pocket, and means for locking the pocket and stake in upright position.

3. The combination of a car-stake pocket, a holder secured on a car and provided with two openings of different diameter and located one in front of the other, a trunnion on the pocket shaped to fit in said openings, a stake secured in said pocket, and means for locking the-pocket and stake in upright position;

L The combination of a ear-stake pocket, a holder secured on a car and provided with two openings of different diameter, the larger opening being located in front of the smaller opening, and a trunnion being made in part with a small diameter to fit in said smaller opening and in part with a large diameter to fit in said large opening, a stake secured in said pocket, and means for locking the pocket and stake in upright position.

5. The combination of a car-stake pocket, a holder secured on a car and provided with two openings of different diameter, and a circular groove between said openings, and a trunnion shaped to fit in said openings and having a part to it in said groove, a stake secured in said pocket, and means for locking said pocket and stake in upright position.

6. The combination of a car-stake pocket, a double-headedtrunnion on said pocket, a two-part holder to receive said trunnion, a

stake secured in said;pocket, and means for locking said stake and pocket in uprightposition.

7. The combination of a car-stake pocket, a trunnion on said pocket having two heads and two diameters, a two-part holder adapted to be secured on said trunnion and having a groove to receive one head, and a depression to receive the other and provided with openings to receive the two diameters of the trunnion, a car-stake secured in said pocket, and means for locking said pocket and stake in upright position. v

8; The combination of a oar-stake pocket, a headed trunnion on said pocket, a two= part holder shaped to receive said trunnion and adapted to be secured in, place thereon, the two parts of said holder havihgunlocking shoulders, a car-stake secured in said pocket, and means for. holding said stake and pocket in upright position.

9. The combination of a car-stake pocket, a support for the pocket, a swivel connection between the pocket and the support, a carstake secured in saidpocket, and a hook for holding said stake and pocket in upright position.

LOTI-IAR VON DABROWSKI. Witnesses:

WM. 0. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE. 

